PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
2016 – 2022, Assistant Professor at UNIST
2015 – 2016, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia
2014 – 2015, Visiting Assistant Professor at Oberlin College
2013 – 2014, Instructor at the University of British Columbia
PUBLICATIONS
Monograph
2019 King Chŏngjo: An Enlightened Despot in Early Modern Korea. (Paperback 2020) New York: SUNY Press
Refereed Journal Articles
2022 “Down and Out in Eco-Dystopia: Class and Gender in Wonderful Days (원더풀 데이즈).” Korea Europe Review 3, 1-10
2019 “Monarchs, Monks, and Scholars: Religion and State Power in Tudor England and Chosŏn Korea.” Journal of Asian History 53:2, 267-285
2019 “A Ghost in the Replicant? Questions of Humanity and Technological Integration in Blade Runner and Ghost in the Shell.” MOSF Journal of Science Fiction 3:1, 21-34
2018 “Absolute Monarchy East and West: Chŏngjo and Louis XIV.” Journal of Asian History 52:1, 1-22
2017 “Royal Rage: The Fatal Encounter (Yŏngnin) as an Historical Film.” Acta Koreana 20:2, 1-21
2015 “Shangdi is Watching You: Tasan and Big Moralizing Gods.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 83:2, 464-489
2012 “Making Sense of the Imperial Pivot: Metaphor Theory and the Writings of King Chŏngjo.” Korea Journal 52:3, 177-200
2006 “The King’s Reason: Yi Sŏng-gye and the Centralization of Power in Early Chosŏn.” Korea Review of International Studies 9:1, 51-60
Refereed Book Chapters
(2023) “Chosŏn Political History, 1450 to 1876.” Routledge Handbook of Early Modern Korea, edited by Eugene Park. Routledge
(2023) “The Wrath of Disgruntled Fandom: Canon, Representation, and Mass Effect Deception.” Ready Reader One: The Stories We Tell About, with, and Around Video Games, edited by Megan Condis and Mike Sell. Louisiana State University. Under contract
2022 “LBJ’s Hessians? Korean Troops’ Dispatch to Vietnam.” The Vietnam War in the Pacific, edited by Brian Cuddy and Fredrik Logevall. University of North Carolina
2021 “Korea: A Slave Society.” In Slavery and Bonded Labor in Asia, 1250-1900, edited by Richard B. Allen and Jeff Fynn-Paul. Brill
Book Review
2020 A Genealogy of Dissent: The Progeny of Fallen Royals in Chosŏn Korea, by Eugene Y. Park. Journal of Family History 45:4
Commissioned Works
2022 “South Korea’s Involvement in the Vietnam War.” Korean Oral Historiography Project
2018 Gale Researcher Guide for: The Chosŏn Kingdom of Korea
2015 Translation of original woodblock print of Kim Sŏn’s commentary on the Doctrine of the Mean. Oberlin College Library Special Collections
EDUCATION
2014 PhD, University of British Columbia: Early Modern Korean History
2006 MA, Korea University: Korean Studies
2001 BA with honors, University of South Carolina: History
AWARDS AND HONORS
2015 – 2016 Academy of Korean Studies Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship, University of British Columbia
2012 – 2013 Fulbright Study/Research Grant: Korea
2008 – 2012 Faculty of Arts Graduate Award, University of British Columbia
2004 – 2006 Freeman Fellowship, Korea University
2003 – 2006 Korea Foundation Graduate Fellowship, Korea University
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
2022 “Public Opinion 公論 in Late Chosŏn: Rusticated Literati, Absolutism, and the Rise of Correspondence”, Keimyung International Conference on Korean Studies
2022 “Ties of Blood or Ties of Culture? The Emergence of a Korean Nation in Late Chosŏn”, 11th World Congress of Korean Studies
2019 “LBJ’s Hessians? Korean Troops’ Dispatch to Vietnam”, The Vietnam War in the Pacific World
2017 “The Disputed Status of Nobi (Slaves) in Korean Society”, 2nd International Leiden Conference on Global Slavery
2017 “Royal Rage: The Fatal Encounter (Yŏngnin) as an Historical Film”, Association for Korean Studies in Europe Biennial Conference
2016 “Absolutely Fabulous: Chŏngjo and Louis XIV”, Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference
2015 “Keep the Plates Spinning: King Chŏngjo and the Construction of Power”, Association for Korean Studies in Europe Biennial Conference
2015 “Monarchs, Monks, and Scholars: Religion and State Power in Tudor England and Chosŏn Korea”, Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies
2011 “Making Sense of the Imperial Pivot: Metaphor Theory and the Writings of King Chongjo”, Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference
INVITED TALK
2021 “The Chŏngjo Reign in a Global Context.” Kyujanggak Institute, Seoul National University. July 14
DEPARTMENTAL TALKS
2021 “Questions of Humanity and Technological Integration in Blade Runner and Ghost in the Shell.” March 30
2019 “An Enlightened Despot in Early Modern Korea.” May 22
2016 “James Scarth Gale’s Translation of the Analects.” Year Five Academy of Korean Studies Sinographic Cosmopolis Symposium. May 9
2015 “Another View of Insanity: A Korean Crown Princess Grapples With Her Husband’s Descent into Madness.” March 6
2013 “King Chŏngjo and Royal Power in Chosŏn Korea.” Fulbright Forum. June 25
COURSES TAUGHT
East Asian historiography
East Asian political history
Foundations of East Asian civilization
History through film
Korean political history
Modern Asian history
Modern East Asian history
Modern Korean history
Seminar on Northeast Asian history
Traditional Korean history
Understanding Korea